Bulletins
Sunday, July 12th, 2026 - 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
St. Mary, St. Patrick, St. Philip Parishes
Mailing address for all three parishes: PO Box 35, Seneca WI 54654
Website: https://www.catholicchurchesofncc.com
Confessions: Normally, 30 minutes before every Mass and by appointment.
Normal Monthly Eucharistic Adoration:
St. Patrick: First Friday after the 8:30 AM Mass
St. Philip: First Sunday after the 10:30 AM Mass
Mass Intentions This Week:
Sat. July 11 7:00 PM St. Patrick + Members of Leo & Marcella Mullarky (Curtis & Jeanne Palmer)
Sun. July 12 7:30 AM St. Patrick Health & Healing for Loyde Beers (Loyde & Penny Beers)
9:00 AM St. Mary Living & Deceased Members of my Parishes
10:30 AM St. Philip + Margaret Myers (Ken & Peg Myers)
Mon. July 13 8:30 AM St. Patrick Blessings for Fr. Tom (Bishop Gerard)
Tue. July 14 8:30 AM St. Philip + Walter & Marcella McCormick (Children & grandchildren)
Wed. July 15 8:30 AM St. Patrick + Deceased members of Glen and Ethal’s Family (Curtis & Jeannie Palmer)
Thur. July 16 8:30 AM St. Mary Mark Drake on his Birthday (Robert & Theresa Ludlow)
Fri. July 17 8:30 AM St. Patrick + Bill Sprosty (Curtis & Jeannie Palmer)
Sat. July 18 7:00 PM St. Patrick Good Health & Healing for Dan Kramer (Sue Knutson)
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Sun. July 19 7:30 AM St. Patrick Living & Deceased Members of my Parishes
9:00 AM St. Mary Living & Deceased Members of the Virgil & Phyllis Drake Family (Robert & Theresa Ludlow)
10:30 AM St. Philip + Paul Waldhouser (Kenneth & Maggie Gwenda)
Pastor: Fr. Tom Huff – Rectory 608-734-3252 email: frtomhuff@gmail.com
Bookkeeper, Bulletin, Mass Intentions, Membership: Kevin Murray 608-391-0434 or 608-734-3931 or
email: secretary@ncc.diolcparish.org
Bulletin Information Deadline: Mondays at 6:00 PM. Bulletin is posted on our website.
UPCOMING PARISH EVENTS:
St. Mary Announcements:
Rosary – 30 minutes before Mass.
First Sunday Potluck Brunch after Mass each first Sunday of the month. All are welcome, dish to share is appreciated, but not required. Next potluck is Sunday, August 2nd.
Saint Mary’s is open 7:00am – 7:00pm daily. Please feel free to come and pray and light a candle if you would like.
Food Pantry Donations can be left in the basket in the rear of the Church.
Help Out Sheets are available at the rear of the Church, please put your completed sheets in the black box which is also at the rear of the Church. Thank you for everything you do to support our parish.
St. Philip Announcements:
St. Philip Candles: Contact Bonnie Murphy. The cost is $5 per candle.
Food Pantry items are needed. Please leave any gift at the rear of the Church.
There will be a signup sheet in the back of church for our 2026 Raffle Donations. Please sign up by July 26th.
St. Patrick Announcements:
Dear St. Patrick Parishioners, Our church roof is getting quite rusted. Cost to repaint it would be $20,000.00. A generous person is willing to match donations for the roof up to $10,000.00. So, if parishioners of the parish can raise $10,000.00 over this coming year, we will be able to raise the money needed. A restricted Roof Painting Fund will be established. If you would like to donate to this restricted fund, please mail in or drop in the collection box the donation with an envelope marked: Roof Repainting Fund. Thank you for helping to keep St. Patrick's Parish in good shape! Time of this bulletin $1,000.00 has been donated.
Tri-Parish Announcements:
Eucharistic Adoration – Religious Freedom is one of our most sacred American rights. Let us pray and thank our Lord that He has blessed us with the freedom to be able to worship as we choose. Please join us at our Eucharistic Adoration on Saturday, August 1, 2026, at St. Mary’s from 9:00 AM until 3:00 PM. Father Tom will hear confession at 2:30 followed by Benediction at 3:00 PM. Signup sheets are at the back of our churches. God Bless!
Mission Appeal 2026. We are happy to welcome the Missionaries of St Francis De Sales (MSFS) to our Parish this year for the Mission Coop Program of the Diocese of Lacrosse. The MSFS was founded in 1838 in Annecy, France. The missionaries focus on the renewal of Christian life, evangelization, education of the poor, and pioneering missionary work in remote places of the Globe. Currently, they operate in 28 countries worldwide. For their life and ministry, the Fransalian Missionaries draw inspiration from St Francis De Sales, the Patron, and Blessed Peter Marie Mermier, the Founder.
Fr Francis Thadathil, hailing from India, is a missionary of this Religious Order and currently serves as Pastor at Immaculate Conception in Eau Claire. He will be here with us on the weekend of July 18-19, 2026, to share about the Order's work among the tribal communities of Northeast India, where Christianity is growing stronger. The training and formation of seminarians are vital to the growth and mission of the church in these far-flung areas. The Order has many young men in various stages of formation who need financial assistance. The Order is also engaged in education for tribal children who need support. Fr. Thadathil will speak about these at the weekend masses.
Please use the envelopes provided for your donation. Kindly contribute by check, payable to the parish, with a memo note: Mission Coop 2026. Send or drop off your donation to the parish office. Thank you for your thoughtful gift of love, which will support the education of seminarians and poor tribal children. May God reward you for your generous help.
For Mass Intentions, if donating by check, please make all checks payable to: St. Mary Stipend Fund. To avoid errors, please print clearly the intention, who the intention is by, and if a specific date for Mass is requested. Thank You.
Tri-Parish Adult Faith Study will be at St. Mary’s on Tuesday, July 14th at 7:00 PM.
The Weekly Bulletin is available on our parishes website, this is the link to the bulletin page, updated every Friday: https://www.catholicchurchesofncc.com/bulletins
Other Announcements:
St. Mary Parish in Coon Valley would like to invite you to join us for our Annual Family Picnic on Saturday, July 25th from 11:00 AM–4:00 PM on our parish lawn (900 Central Ave, Coon Valley, WI).
This is a free community event, and everyone is welcome! We will be serving hamburgers, hot dogs, brats, desserts, and ice cream treats. The afternoon will also include live music, games, a bounce house with water slide, parent vs. kids contests, and more fun for all ages. Goodwill donations will be gratefully accepted.
HEALING SERVICE, SACRED HEART CHURCH, CASHTON: Come and experience God’s supernatural love! Sunday, August 2, 2026. Mass at 10:00 AM, followed by Adoration. 12:15 PM Corporate Prayer for Healing, followed by Individual Prayer with Healing Teams at 12:30 PM. All are welcome. Sacred Heart Church, 1205 Front Street, Cashton, WI.
Tri-Parish Prayer List – We want to pray for the sick and others in our parishes who need ongoing prayer. To be placed on or to place someone on our prayer list, please call: Sue Peterson 608-735-4865, Bonnie Murphy 608-386-4954, or Ica Boylen 608-734-3287.
Betty Raha
Tyrone Beaty
Michael Monehen
Rosanne Feye
David Jacobsen
Steve Trussoni
Janice Coggins
Sequohay Dockry
Mary (Moran) Orvis
Marian Beall
Karen McCoy
Jenna Friar
Maria Camacho
Bob Wharton
Jeri Gorman
Loyde Beers
Lisa Glass
Greg Roth
Lynn Kane
Kiara Meier
Shirley Whitby
Shay Vought
Rick Boehm
Tom Gillette
Rita Helgerson
Jeff Croke
Joyce Fisher
Gary “Bucky” George
Marvin Hansen
Claudia Safley
Eve Trussoni
Rob Donohue
Larry Boehm
Todd Safley
John & Betty Lynch
Rhiana Morga
Joshua Ecklund
William Wright
Rob Tittle
Gene & Mary Murphy
Linda Cowan
Jerry Boehm
Phyllis Bell
Donnie Moran
Jess Zimple
Lea Whitby
Nicholas Currich
Alice Boehm
Alan Whitby
Jenna Peterson
Janet Black Yznaga
Othmar Meier
Jeanette Wallenhorst
Connor Murray
Wade Dull
Mason Evens
Susan Monehen
Jada Murray
Wanda Mather
From the Priest’s Corner: Are God’s seeds able to grow within us?
There is a story about a fussy vegetarian. This fussy vegetarian was never satisfied with any of the fruit or vegetables she bought. They were too ripe or not ripe enough, too big or too small. She was never happy.
Then one day she drove past a new store with a sign that said: God’s Fruit and Vegetable Stand. “Finally,” she said, “I can get some decent vegetables and fruit.” But when she entered the store, she didn’t see any fruits or vegetables. So, she walked up to a counter and there stood God. And she placed her order: “I would like some perfect broccoli, carrots, tomatoes and apples - as well as some nice crisp perfect lettuce.” God said, “Sorry, I only have seeds here.”
Today’s Gospel is about the Parable of the Sower. God of course is the Sower and He sows the “seeds” of His gifts and graces into our world, which are meant to take root and grow in receptive hearts and minds. But we have to be open to receiving these gifts and graces if they are to have any possibility of growing within us. It simply is not enough just to hear the Word of God; we have to nurture them so that they may take root within us so that they may grow and bear good fruit.
It is simply not enough to receive God's Word and His Sacraments, which are special channels of grace; we have to allow these spiritual seeds to take root and grow within our minds and hearts. Otherwise, we will be among those whom Jesus says: They look but do not see and hear but do not listen or understand.
The Divine Sower is constantly sowing His gifts and graces out to us, but they need good soil to take root. God’s spiritual seeds cannot grow in a heart that is hardened by a lack of preparation, overgrown with the thorns and weeds of sin. God’s spiritual seeds can only grow and thrive in minds and hearts that desire to be free of self-centeredness, immorality and sin. Are our hearts and our minds capable of receiving them?
DIVINE MERCY IN MY SOUL - St. Faustina writes, “When God loves, He loves with all His Being, with all the power of His Being. If God has loved me in this way, how should I respond… (Diary, 392) “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.” (John 15:9-10)
Income from Last Week:
St. Mary:
Adults
452.00
Plate
25.00
Catholic Life
55.00
Building Maintenance
100.00
Fuel Assistance
100.00
Initial Offering
5.00
Total
737.00
St. Philip:
Adults
749.00
Plate
152.00
Votives
35.75
Catholic Life
44.00
Total
980.75
St. Patrick:
Adults
1,056.00
Plate
85.00
Youth
6.00
Roof Fund
500.00
Catholic Life
55.00
Votives
32.00
Total
1,679.00
